B. A. Smith

9.0k total citations
128 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

B. A. Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, B. A. Smith has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 34 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 10 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in B. A. Smith's work include Astro and Planetary Science (85 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (59 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (29 papers). B. A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (85 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (59 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (29 papers). B. A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Hungary. B. A. Smith's co-authors include R. J. Terrile, Glenn Schneider, H. J. Reitsema, Conway Β. Leovy, Patrick Lowrance, S. M. Larson, G. A. Briggs, James B. Pollack, Susan Smith and A. F. Cook and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

B. A. Smith

119 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
B. A. Smith 2.9k 441 367 167 145 128 3.1k
G. E. Danielson 2.5k 0.9× 547 1.2× 201 0.5× 118 0.7× 143 1.0× 94 2.6k
William R. Ward 5.2k 1.8× 605 1.4× 231 0.6× 172 1.0× 59 0.4× 79 5.3k
G. P. Kuiper 1.9k 0.7× 283 0.6× 339 0.9× 98 0.6× 147 1.0× 82 2.2k
Robin Wordsworth 2.6k 0.9× 1.2k 2.7× 223 0.6× 136 0.8× 124 0.9× 86 3.2k
James A. Westphal 2.9k 1.0× 282 0.6× 193 0.5× 70 0.4× 159 1.1× 104 3.4k
E. P. Ney 1.7k 0.6× 386 0.9× 110 0.3× 174 1.0× 53 0.4× 111 2.2k
M. Podolak 4.0k 1.4× 417 0.9× 129 0.4× 141 0.8× 114 0.8× 106 4.2k
M. S. Hanner 3.4k 1.2× 396 0.9× 240 0.7× 45 0.3× 306 2.1× 117 3.7k
M. Pätzold 3.6k 1.2× 544 1.2× 457 1.2× 307 1.8× 108 0.7× 175 3.8k
W. M. Grundy 4.1k 1.4× 1.1k 2.5× 290 0.8× 80 0.5× 472 3.3× 260 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by B. A. Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. A. Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. A. Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. A. Smith based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with B. A. Smith. B. A. Smith is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, B. A.. (1997). Surface and Atmospheric Features on Titan. 7180. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, B. A.. (1994). New eyes on the Universe.. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 185(1). 2–41.
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Baines, K. H., J. T. Bergstralh, R. J. Terrile, et al.. (1987). Aerosol and Gas Distributions in the Troposphere of Neptune: Constraints from "Visible" Broadband Imagery and Low and High-Resolution Spectrophotometry. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 639. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, B. A. & R. J. Terrile. (1987). The Beta Pictoris Disk: Recent Optical Observations. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 829. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, B. A.. (1986). Hughes Jarvis launcher would use technology from Saturn, Shuttle. Aviation week & space technology. 125. 34–36. 1 indexed citations
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Baines, K. H., R. J. Terrile, B. A. Smith, & Karl Stapelfeldt. (1985). Spatial variability of aerosols in the atmosphere of Uranus.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 17(3). 744. 7 indexed citations
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Smith, B. A.. (1985). Soviets Deploy Instrumented Balloon in Venus Atmosphere. Aviation week & space technology. 122. 23–24. 1 indexed citations
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Terrile, R. J. & B. A. Smith. (1985). The Coronagraphic Search for Material Around Amphitrite. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 17. 918. 1 indexed citations
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Vilas, F. & B. A. Smith. (1984). Characterization of Outer-Belt Asteroids from Narrowband Reflectance Spectra (~0.5 - 1.0μm). Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 692. 1 indexed citations
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Terrile, R. J. & B. A. Smith. (1984). Cloud Features on Uranus from CCD Imaging. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 657. 6 indexed citations
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Eplee, R. E. & B. A. Smith. (1984). Photometry of Spoke in Saturn's Rings. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 16. 676. 1 indexed citations
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Terrile, R. J. & B. A. Smith. (1983). The Rotation Rate of Neptune from Ground-Based CCD Imaging. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 15. 858. 7 indexed citations
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West, R. A., M. G. Tomasko, B. A. Smith, et al.. (1981). Methane Band Images of Saturn.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 13. 723. 1 indexed citations
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Reitsema, H. J., B. A. Smith, & S. M. Larson. (1980). Infrared Photometry of Saturn's E-Ring.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 12. 701–701. 20 indexed citations
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Weistrop, D., H. J. Reitsema, D. B. Shaffer, & B. A. Smith. (1980). Visual and Far Red Surface Photometry of I Zw 1727+50. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 12. 462. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, B. A., H. J. Reitsema, & S. M. Larson. (1979). Discrete Cloud Features on Neptune.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 11. 570. 15 indexed citations
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Reitsema, H. J., B. A. Smith, & D. Weistrop. (1978). Visual and Near Infrared Photometry of the Uranian Satellites.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 10. 585. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, B. A. & Margaret Lavinia Anderson. (1977). Lymphosarcoma of the Brain in a Heifer. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 170(3). 333–333. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, B. A.. (1972). Observations of Atmospheric Limb-Darkening in the Visual Continuum and an Analysis of Multiple Scattering in the Atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn.. PhDT. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, B. A., et al.. (1958). A Seeing Scale for Visual Observers. Sky and Telescope. 17. 449. 2 indexed citations

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